NextGen v Uefa

I am not sure of the inclusion criteria; however, it was apparent that it focussed on the quality of the academy set up as opposed to the status of the club. Some of the crowds were into the five figure amounts and there was 20000 plus at Olympiakos.
Uefa got wind of this and decided to set up their own; however, their inclusion status was much different.
Basically, ownly teams involved in the Champions League can enter their sides and I am not sure that is all inclusive either.
NextGen cannot compete with this model as Uefa have acquired TV Rights and the massive clubs of this world have jumped ship.
Van Der Saar has stated that the Dutch have only one entry into the Champions league at the moment; therefore, it has not gone down well in the Netherlands. Our academy seems to be very progressive and we could well have been involved in the initial model in the future.
Another example of someone getting something nearly right and Uefa smashing it to bits.
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Genuine question-this is UEFA? Or is Eufa some other organisation I haven't heard of?0
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Cheers must go in and edit. Thankyou.moutuakilla said:Genuine question-this is UEFA? Or is Eufa some other organisation I haven't heard of?
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Why can't NextGen compete? Surely even if you take away the Champions League sides there would be plenty of high standard clubs? Or were NextGen reliant on gate and TV money that the Champions league sides would bring?
If UEFA hadn't done this, then would the Champions league sides have done it themselves?0 -
I think that the gate and TV Money was important. I do think that the big clubs were happy with the model. Liverpool were in it and Aston Villa were the holders.SheffieldRed said:
Why can't NextGen compete? Surely even if you take away the Champions League sides there would be plenty of high standard clubs? Or were NextGen reliant on gate and TV money that the Champions league sides would bring?
If UEFA hadn't done this, then would the Champions league sides have done it themselves?
If you type in Nextgen Ian Herbert into your search engine the whole article will appear. I could not download it I am afraid.0 -
I think this is the article you're refering to.............
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ian-herbert-the-brilliant-youth-football-idea-that-uefa-took-on-and-killed-9834415.html1 -
Excellent. Thankyou for that.tangoflash said:I think this is the article you're refering to.............
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ian-herbert-the-brilliant-youth-football-idea-that-uefa-took-on-and-killed-9834415.html0 -
So were Spurs. We had over 8,000 turn up at WHL to watch the Spurs next gen side take on Barcelona's kids. Bentaleb and Pritchard played and I'm fairly sure Harry Kane was in the squad too.pettgra said:
I think that the gate and TV Money was important. I do think that the big clubs were happy with the model. Liverpool were in it and Aston Villa were the holders.SheffieldRed said:
Why can't NextGen compete? Surely even if you take away the Champions League sides there would be plenty of high standard clubs? Or were NextGen reliant on gate and TV money that the Champions league sides would bring?
If UEFA hadn't done this, then would the Champions league sides have done it themselves?
If you type in Nextgen Ian Herbert into your search engine the whole article will appear. I could not download it I am afraid.
(Interesting to see the article states 11,000 for a game at WHL, not sure what one that was!)
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That must have been a fantastic experience for the Spurs boys. That sort of memory will last with them forever I am sure.JohnBoyUK said:
So were Spurs. We had over 8,000 turn up at WHL to watch the Spurs next gen side take on Barcelona's kids. Bentaleb and Pritchard played and I'm fairly sure Harry Kane was in the squad too.pettgra said:
I think that the gate and TV Money was important. I do think that the big clubs were happy with the model. Liverpool were in it and Aston Villa were the holders.SheffieldRed said:
Why can't NextGen compete? Surely even if you take away the Champions League sides there would be plenty of high standard clubs? Or were NextGen reliant on gate and TV money that the Champions league sides would bring?
If UEFA hadn't done this, then would the Champions league sides have done it themselves?
If you type in Nextgen Ian Herbert into your search engine the whole article will appear. I could not download it I am afraid.
(Interesting to see the article states 11,000 for a game at WHL, not sure what one that was!)
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UEFA could ruin a wet dream, so no surprise that when somebody comes up with a good idea, UEFA see €uro signs and completely f&#k it up.0